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About me

I am Michael Makinde; an aspiring entrepreneur from South London with passions in a variety of industries including Advertising & Marketing, Media & the Food Service industry. Studying advertising & marketing at the University of Coventry, I excelled in modules such as digital marketing, communication psychology and creative advertising but whilst studying my passion for the foodservice industry came into play when I opened my own student takeaway delivery service focusing on African and Caribbean food where I also applied my expertise in marketing to drive the business to success.
My passion for media has been instilled in me from a young age where I have created a variety of award-winning content for a number of different issues which were screened in venues such as Leicester Square Odeon & the BFI. From creating short-form promo videos to documentaries, the aims is to continue creating content that has an effect on future generations. After working within the marketing industry and working on brands such as Channel 4, Netflix, Playstation, NFL, Sole DXB (Dubai Based) and adidas Originals I have contained an intense level of experience which has also gone overseas and seen the sands of Dubai since then I have recently founded my own marketing company; Kinde LDN where one of the main functions is creating content alongside influencer marketing and brand development. The content my company is creating ranges from short-form advertisement to documentaries to TV shows and would like to be able to grow my brand through this.

2015

Co-Founder/Marketing Officer

• Managing the brands' social media accounts (Twitter/Facebook)
& overseeing all marketing activities
• Managing & communicating with different teams from operations to finance
• Promoting the launch of the restaurant & the menu using leaflets which was designed by myself
• Recording data on spreadsheets and generating emails for customers and various
stakeholders in the community
• Working with Coventry University Student Union and catering at events run by them as well as events run by students more privately

Education

2015

BA Advertising and Marketing

Spent 3 years studying a BA in Advertising & Marketing where I studied degrees such as Communication Psychology, Digital Marketing & Creative Advertising.
During the 3 year period I had created a number of visual campaigns including a video advert for a travel agency: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDxhArQ6nig

Awards

2010

Best Cinematography

• I was awarded 'Best Cinematography' for a Public Information Film I created for Dunraven School film festival about the issues raised by knife crime in the local area
• The issues were brought to life in some breath-taking content

2007

Best Story-Telling

• Short-Form film was created about the abolition of the slave trade
• The film was created in honor of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade
• The winning film was shown at a private screening in Leicester Square Odeon